User talk:Wasianpower/Archive 3

I apologize for asking this, but how does one add a chapter to a wikipedia article to help expand it? I looked at the Samsung Galaxy A26 5G article and want to help expand it. I also made a edit to the article including the release date, sourcing the phone’s release date, but now there is a duplicate reference source? I apologize if the edits I made to the article were not right, I wanted to work on expanding a stub. --Twofoursixeight2468 (talk) 19:30, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

@Twofoursixeight2468, no worries, and thank you for helping expand a stub! Are you using the WP:Visual editor or WP:Source editor? Either way, you can simply add a new heading to start a new section, you can find more guidance at the articles I linked. For referencing, see Help:Referencing, which will give you guidance on combining duplicate references using reference names. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 17:45, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

I would say I am switching between both styles of editors depending on what I need to do with it. I might be currently on vacation at this moment, but when I get access to my laptop, my work with the stub will speed up significantly, my apologies. I figured there is a button in the editor to help cite sources. Twofoursixeight2468 (talk) 18:36, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

@Twofoursixeight2468 Sounds good! And no need to apologize — you've made excellent contributions so far, and there is WP:NODEADLINE on Wikipedia. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 18:45, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

I have finished expanding the stub article. Did I expand the stub article correctly and well? Twofoursixeight2468 (talk) 16:48, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

@Twofoursixeight2468 The main thing I'm seeing is that a lot of the claims are not backed up with a citation to an inline citation. Be sure to provide one of those by the end of the paragraph at the latest to make sure all the information is verifiable. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 19:04, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

I just referenced my claims to various website and added citations to those claims so the information is better verifiable. What do you think? Twofoursixeight2468 (talk) 19:31, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

@Twofoursixeight2468 There are still a few unreferenced claims (for example The Galaxy A26 5G has either 128GB or 256GB of UFS 2.2 storage) but overall it's looking much better! 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 16:38, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

I added a couple more citations to the claims that looked like they had no citations. Twofoursixeight2468 (talk) 23:28, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

Very nice work @Twofoursixeight2468! 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 23:44, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks Twofoursixeight2468 (talk) 23:45, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

Hi Maddie

I look forward to working with you given your extensive Wikipedia editorial experience.

I want to edit an entry someone has put in about me (Professor Richard Dodgshun Bedford). There is a sentence that contains incorrect information that should be removed.

How do I do this?

Thanks Richard (Dick) Bedford --Dick Bedford (talk) 02:00, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Dick Bedford! There are two things you need to do if you want to edit your own Wikipedia page.

1. First, you need to declare your conflict of interest. This will ensure to other editors that you're being forthcoming about your connection to the subject. The easiest way to do this is to go to your userpage (User:Dick Bedford) and put in the following text: {{UserboxCOI|1=Richard Bedford (geographer)}}.
2. Second is to remember that Wikipedia cares about verifiability, not truth. We can't add any information about you that isn't covered in a reliable source. Now, that being said, removing a sentence may be an easier task, especially given that you are the subject of a biography of a living person. I would start out by going to the article's talk page (Talk:Richard Bedford (geographer)), hitting the button that says "new section" or "start a discussion", and typing out your concerns and request there. If nobody responds, please feel free to message me here and I'd be happy to come take a look.

Let me know if you have any questions! Welcome to Wikipedia and I hope you like it enough here to stick around! 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 02:37, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

Hey, I created the wikipedia article of a new phone, Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold. I know it is a stub, but did I help wikipedia by making this article? --Twofoursixeight2468 (talk) 17:05, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Twofoursixeight2468! Thank you for contributing this article, I don't have time to do a full review but soon a new page patroller will come along and review it to make sure it meets our notability standards, but yes of course your contributions are helpful to Wikipedia! Are you particularly interested in articles on technology? 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 03:40, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

Well, this is what I had appeared to have been focusing on lately is the technology articles. Twofoursixeight2468 (talk) 03:43, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

@Twofoursixeight2468, in that case you might be interested in WP:WikiProject Technology? I'm not sure how active they are but it might be up your alley! 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 05:57, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello Wasianpower,

Thank you for contributing to the valuable tool that is Wikipedia, and for letting me know that my use of an LLM to try to conform to Wikipedia's rules, was a possible violation of a different rule I didn't know about. If I'm being honest, the real life hours I spent trying to jump into the world of contributing to Wikipedia myself today, with trying to weed out bias, and having other people insert their bias and undo my edits, then trying go and open a discussion, and having that discussion closed, because I was honest was a very sour experience. Overall this made the several hours of time I spent on this become a complete waste of time, which is VERY disheartening. It does feel like the LLM rule was overzealous in being applied to my post, as I clearly stated, those things were my thoughts, not AI's, and simply refined by AI, which is allowed according to the page you linked. After all these experience's I'm left with the sense that Wikipedia prefers a left wing bias, rather than a neutral stance and relies on convoluted gatekeeping measures like the ones enforced against me, to scare away people with different opinions like myself, who are in good faith trying to bring a neutral stance to a contentious discussion.

I wish you the best, but I wanted to let you know that this experience has soured my view of Wikipedia as a whole to the point I never intend to try and contribute again.

Thanks,

Fognar Fognar777 (talk) 21:45, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

@Fognar777, you are more than welcome to re-start your discussion in your own words. LLMs are increasingly an issue on Wikipedia, and often, those that use them to formulate their ideas still say the same thing that you did — hatting the discussion had nothing to do with the content of what you wrote, but rather simply that it was written by an LLM, and especially given that it is in a contentious topic area. The formatting and tone are reflective of LLM generated text, and you are free to revert my hatting of the discussion if you really feel strongly. You can see similar discussions ongoing on the talk page that are currently ongoing, I'm sorry that this was a disheartening experience, but it is not an issue of gatekeeping or censorship. For more information, please see WP:LLMTALK and WP:LLMCHAT. I hope you change your mind and continue work with us to improve the encyclopedia, please feel free to leave me a message here if you have questions about contributing. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 22:00, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

@Wasianpower I know that this isn't your fault so sorry for my rant, but the way I see it the issue here really is gatekeeping, though it's not all on you or other average editors and it's probably not intentional. I have a bachelors in Computer science, and regularly find myself working through new complex and technical user interface to configure a product to meet business needs, or solve a technical issue. My experience trying to contribute today on Wikipedia was honestly one of the most unintuitive, and difficult UI's I've had the displeasure of working with in years. Add to that the layers of rules people keep referencing, politics, even for something as simple as posting comments on an article, and it seems that the expectation is that I have a Masters in Wikipedia editing before I'm allowed to contribute anything. I understand that there does need to be a certain level of moderation, especially on what is on the actual article, but then why is it also so difficult and unintuitive to suggest edits? Seems like Wikipedia could learn something from Git in this regard to make a better experience where suggesting edits is the default, then they have to be merged into the live article through a process based on the how heavily the particular article needs to be moderated. Why does the editor community default to shutting peoples contributions down with canned responses, that frustrate new editors like myself rather than thoughtful replies? Fognar777 (talk) 23:55, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

@Fognar777, that's a completely understandable frustration, and you're definitely not the only one who feels that way. Notification templates are a very imperfect solution; it solves the issue of editors having to repeat themselves or doing so in a way that leaves out information, but it can definitely come across very impersonally. If it's any help, the future you can put {{Don't template me}} at the top of your talk page, which will let other editors know that you find it abrasive and to avoid doing so.

I think you got a bit unlucky in that your first edits happen to be on a page that is both currently highly-visible (being a current event and listed at WP:AFD) and in a contentious topic area. Part of learning Wikipedia is making mistakes and getting reverted a few times, but its much quicker to happen in a visible area and people tend to be a bit less instructive when it comes to enforcing guidelines in a contentious topic. If you're still interested in learning, I'd recommend checking out Help:Getting started which has helpful guidance and links to where you can find tasks oriented at newer editors, which might make figuring out the UI a bit less lonely and a bit less steep of a climb. If you're in doubt about anything, whether its how to phrase a talk page message, or what the best way to make a certain edit is, or just general questions about guidelines, you're always welcome to leave me a message — I'm pretty good about responding within 24 hours. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 01:06, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello, could you please check the new things i wrote and accept them ore give me tips how to improve them so they get published. Thanks --BavarianPrince (talk) 17:19, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

Hi @BavarianPrince! I unfortunately don't have time at the moment to do an especially deep dive on your contribs, but they seem fine at first glance! The one issue I see is in this edit in which you cited an unreliable source, which I think is because you cited Wikipedia. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 19:50, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

I'd appreciate seeing the specific sources that made you close the AfD as keep and your judgement of each source -- as you know, AfD is not a vote, so closing it as keep simply because several people voted as such while vaguely saying sources exist is not a standard thing to do. At the very least, I think it should have been relisted to potentially garner more opinions outside of a small group of editors. An immediate close is quite odd outside of an open and shut case, which I don't think this is. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 20:20, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

Admittedly, I'm still learning the ropes of closing, having mainly participated as a voter/nominator at AFD previously, and I'm certainly open to feedback on my closes and that perhaps a relist would have been safer. Since the primary discussion in the replies to BOZ's vote concluded, there had been several keep votes and no delete votes, indicating that editors had read the arguments, and judged that the article should be kept. I checked the evidence provided for these arguments, including the sources where available — The Monsters Know What They're Doing was accessible on Google Books and had SIGCOV, and while I had to AGF on some of the academic sources, I also confirmed the existence of SIGCOV in articles from Bell of Lost Souls as referenced by Daranios. I did not see anything to indicate that the !votes for keep had been mislead or were making a major misjudgement of the sourcing available. The discussion had a clear consensus, there were no ongoing arguments/discussions against it, and I did not see a reason to contradict the consensus. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 21:31, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

Okay. Admittedly Bell of Lost Souls was thrown out there as part of a ton of sources, many of them seemingly trivial (some editors use the quantity over quality approach to obfuscate an article's notability), so I didn't catch the mention of it towards the end of the discussion. It does indeed have significant coverage there, though the site was NOT in the article when I nominated it for deletion. But I'm reasonably satisfied with that (the article still needs a ton of cleanup however as it has a tremendous amount of fancruft and nearly no reception or context...) ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 08:52, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

Please do you have a guide on how I can become an editor --Fintech today news (talk) 13:29, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

@Fintech today news, congratulations! You're an editor! You've just made your first edit here, to my talk page. If you want more help, see Help:Getting started for a beginners guide, Wikipedia:Task Center for easy tasks, and feel free to ask questions here or at the WP:TEAHOUSE. One quick note — you will probably need to change your username, per our username policy, as a username shouldn't imply that you are an organization or more than one person. You can request this here WP:Request username change. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 15:41, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks so much you are the best Fintech today news (talk) 17:07, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

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Hey @Rayhan Newaz — I'm not sure I understand your question. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 19:09, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

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@KnucklesTheEchidna2007 WP:What is Wikipedia? 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 21:14, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Hi there! Thanks so much for taking the time to work with my Bartesian submission! I have a quick question about the COI tag: it was my understanding that this tag is reserved only for cases where the COI wasn't correctly declared in the talk page? Would you please consider removing this tag, since I feel it disincentivizes open disclosure - it creates the impression that a linked contributor did NOT declare it properly - and the talk page is perhaps a better avenue to flag potential issues in this regard? Thanks so much for considering my request. Viljowf (talk) 09:52, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Viljowf — the tag is not meant to imply that there is a non-disclosed connection to the article subject. Thank you for doing so! It is required by our terms of use, and we appreciate not having to track down paid editors to make them disclose. However, it is factual that a major contributor to that article has a close connection. The reason I added the tag is outlined on the talk page as recommended by the documentation at Template:COI — while I don't see any current issues of promotional wording, I did not check for WP:DUE coverage to ensure that there is no negative coverage being left out because of a COI. I just did a quick search right now which confirmed my suspicious — Men's Health and Wired's reviews, just for example, had both postive and negative things to say about it. The article needs an independent editor who can go in and search for these sources and ensure any negative coverage is given WP:DUE weight. This is not meant to be an attack on your editing, it's just generally one of the inherent pitfalls of COI editing (which is part of why we strongly discourage it). 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 15:06, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Hi --Bmfaried (talk) 17:55, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Bmfaried! 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 18:50, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

Citation needed, Capability Brown: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capability_Brown This deftness of touch was recognised in his own day; one anonymous obituary writer opined: "Such, however, was the effect of his genius that when he was the happiest man, he will be least remembered; so closely did he copy nature that his works will be mistaken."[citation needed] New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/nature/2016/08/great-earth-mover-just-how-capable-was-capability-brown how-capable-was-capability-brown (retrieved 26/12/25) attributes this to Hugh Walpole. Their research is from "In 2011 the Financial Times carried a series of articles" Attribution needs further research but promising pathway. Kenm588 Kenm588 (talk) 04:40, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Kenm588! Are you suggesting a source that can be added to this article to fulfill a citation needed? Would you like help figuring out how to add that citation to the article? 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 15:57, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

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Hi, Happy New Year and I hope you're doing well. I have an issue and I'm asking for the way forward. I was editing on Ryan Kavanaugh's page and I didn't realize Wikipedia had logged me out. After publishing my edit, it come with a different username termed "temporal". How do I go about it please? Thanks --Luciee254 (talk) 20:34, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

@Luciee254 Happy new year! Unfortunately there’s no way to attribute your logged out/temporary account edit, but not to fear, it would only be a policy violation if you used to it give the false impression of consensus (WP:LOUTSOCKing). You can just continue editing as you were! 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 23:26, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

Thanks so much. I will just revert it and continue editing with my account. Luciee254 (talk) 02:37, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

I've never encountered this issue before and it's time-sensitive so I'm just going to ask directly: can we move the page Rationalist fiction to draft form so I can rework it? I don't want to 'overrule' or 'contest' as such -- just want more time to get the sources sorted properly. Bookisher (talk) 20:01, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

@Bookisher — I've removed the WP:G15 tag and replaced it with Template:AI-generated to allow this to be worked on in draftspace. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 20:32, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you I really appreciate it!!! Bookisher (talk) 20:53, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi. An editor created this article (VidMate). Kindly, can you review it?.

Thanks. Aalabala (talk) 17:49, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

What does "Wasian" mean? --InstyTheScotFlag (talk) 20:30, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi @InstyTheScotFlag! It's slang for someone who is half White, half Asian (which is what I am). My username comes from an old joke with my childhood friends. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 20:34, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

hello Mr. Mentor .. any tips on editing here on Wikipedia please --ELHOUSSAINEDrissi1 (talk) 14:25, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi @ELHOUSSAINEDrissi1! I’m a girl, so that’s Ms. Mentor :) Here on wikipedia we have editors from all sorts of backgrounds and genders, including men, women, and non-binary people!

I'd recommend you check out Help:Getting started for tips and a tutorial on getting started with editing! 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 14:42, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

Hello, I am an experienced fandom editor and would love to know the basics of wikipedia's editing tools (if there are any similiar to fandom's template option) --Leoaqe (talk) 09:10, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

@Leoaqe — I'd recommend starting out with Help:Getting started and Help:Templates! 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 19:02, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

Hello Maddie,

I'm Maëlys and I have a few questions about article-making, mostly about sources and notoriety:

-Are Netflix articles a source of information that can be accepted? -How do I prove the notoriety of an actor? -How do I know exactly what source is the problem that causes rejection? -What can be considered as not an Encyclopedic tone of writing?

If there is a page on Wikipedia where all accepted sources are mentioned, please tell me.

Thank you for your time,

Maëlys. --Maëlyshouin (talk) 14:47, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Maëlyshouin! A Netflix article can be an acceptable source under some circumstances, but it would generally be considered non-independent and primary for most uses. To establish an actor’s notability, they must meet WP:NACTOR or WP:GNG. For more info see our article on notability, though I want to give you a heads up that there’s some topic that are simple not notable, and for whom proving their notability would not be possible. If you need clarification on an article being rejected, I suggest you leave a question on the reviewer’s talk page! You can also check out WP:TONE for more information on the proper tone for encyclopedic writing. Please let me know if there’s anything specific I can give you guidance with! You can see our reliable sources guidance and our list of common sources for information on sourcing. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 16:53, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

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عندما تطرح سؤالاً، يتم نشره علنًا تحت اسم المستخدم الخاص بك، "مازن دهب"، في صفحة نقاش مرشدك ، حيث يمكنهم العثور على سؤالك والرد عليه.

سؤالك قل مرحباً واطرح سؤالك. على سبيل المثال: كيف أقوم بإنشاء مرجع؟ أرفق عنوان الصفحة مع سؤالي خطة المملكة المتحدة - فرنسا: دخول واحد وخروج واحد بنشرك للتغييرات، فإنك --مازن دهب (talk) 20:48, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

Hey @مازن دهب, this is the English Wikipedia, are you perhaps looking for the Arabic Wikipedia? 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 21:30, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	Thanks for being my mentor! Lemurik the Historian (talk) 13:40, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

@Lemurik the Historian, thank you for being my mentee and for contributing to Wikipedia! 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 16:48, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

By the way, is it okay if i create a page on the scripted Minecraft server Unstable SMP? Or is it not notable enough? Lemurik the Historian (talk) 08:26, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

@Lemurik the Historian, you'll want to read over our notability guidlines to see if it's notable. There are a few ways that a subject could meet notability, but the simplest is called the general notability guideline, which requires the existence of secondary sources that are reliable, are independent of the subject, and have significant coverage of the subject. I'd be more than happy to look over any sources you might find to help you figure out if they meet this standard! 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 15:39, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

The Unstable SMP is basically a scripted Minecraft server with 3 million fans, it is famous with the Minecraft community Lemurik the Historian (talk) 16:45, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

However the only sources are on YouTube Lemurik the Historian (talk) 16:46, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

@Lemurik the Historian Unfortunately, follower count or popularity does not have a bearing on notability (see the essay WP:BFDI for more information). Youtube sources are generally not considered reliable per WP:RSPYT, unless they come from a reputible news org. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 17:45, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

Okay, sorry Lemurik the Historian (talk) 17:46, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

@Lemurik the Historian No need to apologize! These are perfectly good questions! 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 17:47, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

Hello, @Wasianpower. I have re-created Prentis Hemphill's article adhering to Wiki policies. Kindly review at your earliest convenience. I also welcome your suggestions to improve it. Thanks. SyzygyRebel (talk) 19:53, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

Responded on your talk page. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 20:01, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

When I ask a question here, does it get published publicly under my username on my mentor’s talk page? --Faizanistan (talk) 19:45, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

@Faizanistan see above :) 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 20:28, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

Noted, thank you for the clarification. ~2026-54801-3 (talk) 21:34, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi Maddie, I have a history background too, so it's nice to have you as a mentor.

I wanted to ask how best to begin collaborating on articles, and whether there are any initial steps to take.

Thanks,

Louis --Ne quid nemis (talk) 23:51, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Ne quid nemis, welcome to Wikipedia! I've left a message with some introductory links on you talk page. There's no one way to begin collaborating — you could join a WikiProject on the area you're interested in, you can try out one of the tasks at the WP:Task Center, or you could just find an article on a subject you like and try to fix any areas in which it may be lacking! Is there any particular area you're interested in contributing to? 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 00:20, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

hello! if a word or phrase has already been linked to another article, is it a general rule of thumb to avoid adding a link to the same word/phrase again if it appears in the article repeatedly? sorry if this question is worded strangely, thanks in advance! --Singetail (talk) 04:12, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

@Singetail The style guideline you're looking for is WP:LINKONCE, which recommends repeating the link at most once per major section. In general, my rule of thumb is to make a judgement call on whether the audience will remember it from the previous link. So for example, if I'm writing an article about a battle conducted by Napolean, and am discussing his strategy throughout, it's probably not necessary to link it outside of the lede and maybe the first section. But if I'm writing a long article, where a concept is mentioned once, briefly at the beginning, and then again at the end several sections later, it's probably helpful to link it again. I hope this was helpful, let me know if I can clarify anything! 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 04:26, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Hello dear

i wanted to use wikipedia to create a post from my minecraft account and i so like minecraft account if u interested u can see me on donutsmp.net --ItzRobotx (talk) 05:34, 31 January 2026 (UTC)

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Hello how do I find out information about where I can buy Dilaudid for 20 dollars in Ontario --Sdcasey (talk) 10:44, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

@Sdcasey You may have mistaken this for the Bluelight web forum, you were on the Wikipedia article about said forum. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 02:10, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

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Hello! Thanks for leaving such thoughtful comments on the article that I submitted a few months back about The Taxpayers! I've since added a few more sources in hopes of satisfying the approval requirements. I've included a few more sources I found including a KMUW interview and some articles from some local publications. However, I'm having a hard time finding a source to cite for one of their songs that went viral on TikTok because I can't find any sources that outright say that it went viral. Is there a site that people refer to for data like that? The only sources I can see are a Reddit post from the band themselves and a Genius page that mentions it. Also, do you have any suggestions as to what else I should add to try before resubmitting it for consideration? Thank you so much! Leewaylad (talk) 22:17, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

@Leewaylad Unfortunately I'm not aware of a site that might have that kind of data, especially given that Tiktok is a bit more nebulous when it comes to tracking that kind of thing. WP:ABOUTSELF is a thing, but in this case you'd rather have the information from an independent source as to not give the appearance of promo. Glancing over the article, it reads fairly well, I'd maybe consider moving some of the information from the lead into the body to ensure the lead is summarizing the main points but other than that it looks decent! 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 01:47, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Noted, thank you for your help! Leewaylad (talk) 06:51, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Como uso esse site ? --Jefferson de Jesus Costa (talk) 18:39, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Good evening, how do I add a photo to my Wikipedia page. I need to put out an PSA that if someone does an image search, this page pulls up. This woman scammed me out of $60K. It was very well organized with using multiple apps and crypto wallets. I thought she was helping me but in reality, she took $60K from me then disappeared. I just want others not to fall for the same scam. Nothing more. --Stukes2012 (talk) 03:59, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Stukes2012 — was this scam related to Wikipedia? We do not allow WP:ATTACKPAGEs anywhere on Wikipedia, even if the person did scam you. If the scam is Wikipedia related, you can take it to WT:SCAM if it is a type of scam not already covered on WP:SCAM. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 04:05, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

Helloo I’m editing a producers page and I’m trying to add a song, but when I link the wiki page, it adds the artist name because it’s apart of the article. (Ex. “How Long (Paula Toledo song)”) how do I remove the artist name while still keeping the title? --Paris in france (talk) 22:30, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Paris in france! The solution here would be to use a piped link. For example, [[How Long (Paula Toledo song)|How Long]] which renders as How Long. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 22:43, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

HELOOOOO! Okay so I wanna write a lil wikipedia article about my school. Is that allowed orrr no? I read the like notability and promotional guidelines a bit and I'll try to not make it promotional and whatnot. It's been covered in the like city newspapers and stuff so I think it's a little notable! --Snakooo (talk) 05:27, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

@Snakooo That's definitely allowed! As long as it passes notability and all information in it is viable, you're work than welcome to write an article about it. I would recommend starting off in draftspace, and you can read WP:Your first article for more information on getting started! 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 19:55, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

Good to know! Thanks. Snakooo (talk) 17:53, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

How many sources are needed for an average edit? --Springster317 (talk) 23:38, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Springster317! Sources aren't needed per edit but rather per claim. You usually just need one source per claim, unless that claim is unusual or extraordinary. You can read our policies on WP:Verification if you want more info! 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 14:27, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

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Hi hello, I am Angelina, I would to know how to create a Wikipedia page with my biography in it with pictures, my work and humanitarian actions in a long biography, also list my movies with a special onglet link. Thanks I appreciate this. --AngelinaJolie34 (talk) 14:40, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi Maddie. I'm Alexandria Quartermaine and I'm trying to post some information about my uncle (Col Rod Turner) on Wikipedia. Questions: 1) I want to post his official military photo to the page. How do I do that. It is an official government photo available to the general public. 2) I had my post edited yesterday and I was wondering if I can make any additions. Thanks, Alexandria --Alexandria Quartermaine (talk) 14:51, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Alexandria Quartermaine! If it is an official government portrait, it should be uploadable under public domain to WikiMedia Commons (direct link). Just follow that link, hit the upload file button, and you can upload it and link it as a file (see WP:FILES for instructions on including it on your draft). I'm not sure if I understand your second question, but it seems your draft is located at User:Alexandria Quartermaine/sandbox, and you can continue editing/working on it there. You should make sure to add secondary sources that are reliable, are independent of the subject, and have significant coverage of the subject to show that your uncle meets WP:NOTABILITY. You should also declare your connection to the subject (aka a conflict of interest), see WP:COIDECLARE for instructions on how to do that. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 15:38, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi Maddie! I wanted to know if my article about Bornblum Jewish Community School fit the guidelines (name is draft: Bornblum Jewish Community School). I've had it denied once, so I need to make sure it fits the qualifications. I wrote about it because I found it interesting about how they were the first school in the US to use anti-Covid-19 HVAC filters. I also wanted to know if my eit to "Timeline of Iran's History" (I added the recent event) had enough information and sources. --Harrison0123 (talk) 20:02, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Harrison0123! For your draft, you're going to want to find secondary sources that are reliable, are independent of the subject, and have significant coverage of the subject. This will show that your draft meets WP:NOTABILITY, which is the main barrier to acceptance. Regarding your edit to Timeline of Iranian history, it generally looks good! You did the right thing by providing citations to reliable sources. The one small thing I would note is that on Wikipedia we generally try to avoid wording that editorializes, such as on the contrary — you can see MOS:EDITORIAL for more information on this. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 16:11, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi Maddie! I've been working on my article, but it keeps getting denied. but this last time I found a source that fits all four criteria, and it was denied for the same reason. Can you tell me the specifics on why it keeps getting denied? It would help a lot! --Harrison0123 (talk) 19:30, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Harrison0123 — in general you're going to want multiple sources that meet all four criteria. Two is considered the bare minimum, but ideally you'd like three or four. Keep digging for sources and hopefully you can find something! A source just needs to be reliably published, so it may be worth looking for mentions in books or scholarly papers (Google Books and Google Scholar can be good ways to search for these). 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 22:43, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello there. Please, iwas trying to start with wikipedai edits, and i was trying to satrt with easy thing like the Inerlinks, but the problem is when i satrt and im at the final step to clich publich i cant, the window to publich teh edits not shwoing please can you help me find out what is the problem please, thank you. --Serdinya (talk) 17:16, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Serdinya — I'm not sure I can diagnose the problem based on what you're describing. I would start a thread at the WP:TEAHOUSE, there might be some people there more familiar with beginner modules who could help diagnose what's going on. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 00:23, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi

Thanks for your reply and for concern,

It turns out that the problem that i was using windows 7, i am a student and wikipedia is a project for grads we are doing, i was at the college when i tried it and did not work, when i got home and tried again with my loptop that works on win 10, it wokred fine, thank you so much. Serdinya (talk) 13:30, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

@Serdinya, interesting, glad you figured it out! 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 14:56, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

How do I add pictures. --Loveydoveyg-d (talk) 17:58, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Loveydoveyg-d! There are a few ways you can add pictures, the method depends on the rights to the picture and how it will be used. Can you give me more specifics about the picture you want to upload? 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 18:16, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

What resources can I get on how to start editing? I want to edit an article that is a politically motivated, opinionated, and completely false. Actually within the article the writer of it uses pieces of evidence to write a false opinionated narrative. The writer does this so well that if I knew nothing of the organization they were ignorantly lying about I would believe it. I want to edit the article and tell the truth and not create an opinionated false narrative. Because of articles like the one I am mentioning I understand why the majority of American English classes do not allow the use of Wikipedia as a source. Please help. --The Southern American (talk) 03:28, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi @The Southern American — could you be more specific on the article you want to edit? A good resource for getting started is Help:Getting started. Given the nature of your question, you might also be interested in WP:NPOV and WP:RS. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 03:54, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

How do uploud picture --Siza moudy (talk) 08:14, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

@Siza moudy — Could you give me info on the picture you want to upload and what the rights to it are? Wikipedia can only use images that are copyright free or fair use, and how the picture is uploaded depends on which of those it is. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 18:45, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello Maddie,

I've been trying to upload an image of a celebrity who doesn't have one on wikimedia, and I've been wondering if Getty images or Alamy images could be used?

Thanks! --Maëlyshouin (talk) 13:42, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Maëlyshouin — No, those images can not typically be used. For living people, we can only use images that are copyright free — see WP:Image use policy for more information. If you want to give me more information on the person you're trying to find an image for, I can try to give you some direction on finding a free image for them. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 13:54, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi,

thank you for your quick answer! I'm trying to look for Isaac Ordonez (the actor) pictures, since he has none on Wikimedia, but it seems to me like there are none that are copyright free.

Thanks for your time. Maëlyshouin (talk) 08:33, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

Note: Theo Minor's mentor Veko is away.

Hi i am attempting to document a well known regional artist Gary North

He is at emerging artist level having won an English county level award. Lancashire artist of the year 2025=26

This is documented online and covered in Wigan, Blackpool and other northern newspapers as well as lancashire cc website. With a photo

He has. Also appeared in 2 published books in 2025

Liverpool urban sketcher, Liverpool uran sketchers Spiral of honesty, phil Barnett

Both on sale in teputable book stores

He is a finalist in the current Wigan arts festival open and. sefton open

He is known as “Northern resident artist” online where he started and has. Done art for the lightening seeds, Beautiful south, space and cerys matthew”

I am aware that my first attempt to celebrate Gary North did not fit wikipedia and thats clearly my ability.

As an experienced mentor do you think that you could create a page where i have struggled or would he need to be at a national tv standard to qualify --Theo Minor (talk) 12:03, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Theo Minor! To qualify for an article, the subject needs to show that it meets our criteria for notability. In general, this means providing secondary sources that are reliable, are independent of the subject, and have significant coverage of the subject. There is also a specific criteria for artists, if you can show he meets that criteria: WP:NARTIST. I would suggest working on your article, which is at Draft:Gary North (artist) to provide these sources (see Help:Citing sources for a guide on proper citation), and then resubmitting. Let me know if you have any questions! 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 16:51, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you Theo Minor (talk) 01:35, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

Under Background and Reaction on this page, the content focuses more on the LGBTQ communities and how they were impacted by social movements and an epidemic. One would expect this section to be more focused on the topic of the page itself, "Straight Pride." I believe this whole section needs to be reworked. It doesn't give background, context, or reaction to the Straight Pride movement at all. --YosiYahoudai (talk) 22:31, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

@YosiYahoudai — You should take this discussion to the talk page (Talk:Straight pride). I agree this page could use some work; I would assume it's like that in part because straight pride existed purely in response to gay pride, but the page could do a better job explaining that context. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 22:46, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

Note: TuGinVan's mentor GGOTCC is away.

Hi GGOTCC, how does one approach editting an article related to their culturally background? I see there are alot of false and politically driven narratives in such articles. --TuGinVan (talk) 08:12, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi @TuGinVan!

GGOTCC is away but I'm happy to help answer your questions. The main thing to keep in mind when editing a subject like that is to remember to try to maintain a neutral point of view and to always back up your claims with reliable sources. It can be easy to caught up adding or correcting things based on your personal experience, but Wikipedia is concerned about verifiability over truth. If you want to give me more details on what cultural background and politically driven narratives you're concerned about, I would be happy to give you more specific advice! 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 13:07, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

Note: "innocentsnow"'s mentor Calliopejen1 is away.

How to create a new page --"innocentsnow" (talk) 03:50, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi @"innocentsnow"! You can check out Help:Your first article for information on creating a new article from scratch. If you want to tell about the article you want to write, I'd be happy to give you more specific advice! 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 04:22, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

Игра --Борубай (talk) 15:39, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Борубай — this is the English Wikipedia, you may be looking for a Wikipedia in your native language? 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 18:22, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

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